Gun Locks, Safety Videos To Be Offered At Fair

Free gun locks and 10-minute gun-safety videos from the Palm Beach County Criminal Justice Commission will be distributed from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Jan. 26 at the South Florida Fair.

"We need to protect our families and children from accidental shooting by providing a community-based gun safety education program and offering free gun locks to the public," County Commission Chairman Warren Newell said in a statement. "Through these and other efforts, I hope to reduce the ever-increasing danger of gun violence in our county."

County ordinances require anyone who "stores or leaves a firearm at any location where the person knows or reasonably should know that a minor might gain access to the firearm" to put a lock on the firearm.

The fair starts Friday and runs through Feb. 3 at the South Florida Fairgrounds.